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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Democratic Committee against proceedings of the Gov- 

 ernor, 517; results of the election, 517; Democratic ad- 

 dress, 517 ; testimony of Eepublicans, 517 ; amendments 

 to the constitution ratified, 518. 



Missouri. Session of the Legislature, 518; business, 518; 

 State Penitentiary, 519 ; Governor's objections to leasing, 

 519 ; extra session called, 519 ; reasons, 519 ; bills passed, 

 519; Railroad Commissioners, 519; their proceedings, 

 520; rates of freight, 520; Constitutional Convention, 

 520; new constitution adopted, 520; its provisions, 521- 

 523 ; State debt, 523 ; decision relative to the exemption 

 of railroads from taxation, 524 ; decision relative to secu- 

 rities taken by a creditor, 524 ; whiskey frauds, 524. 



MITCHEL, JOHN. An Irish revolutionist, 524; biographical 

 sketch of, 524. 



MOHL, EGBERT. A German jurist, 525; biographical sketch 

 of, 525. 



MONROE, JAMES. Representative from Ohio, 138; in the Bu- 

 reau of Education, 169. 



Moravians. Statistics, 525 ; details, 525 ; foreign missions, 

 525; collections, 525. 



MORENO, GARCIA. Assassination of, 20, 254. 



MORGAN, CHARLES H. Decease of, 5S7. 



MORGAN, GILBERT. Decease of, 576. 



MORIARTY, Dr. Decease of, 579. 



MORIKK, EDUARD. A German poet, 525 ; biographical sketch 

 of, 525. 



Morocco. Situation, 526; ruler, 526; array, 526; revenue, 

 526; tribes, 526; trade, 526; shipping, 526; disturbances 

 with Algeria, 526. 



MORRIS, E. D. A Presbyterian clergyman, 642 ; biographical 

 sketch of, 642. 



MORRIS, GEORGE U. Decease of, 581. 



MORTON, OLIVER P. Senator from Indiana, 138 ; on counting 

 the electoral vote for President, 177, 198, 193, 203, 204 ; 

 relative to military interference in Louisiana, 210 ; bio- 

 graphical sketch of, 527. 



MotTLTON, JOSEPH W. Decease of, 575. 



MILLER, JOHANN H. J. A German physicist, 527 ; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 527. 



MUMFORD, GEORGE H. Decease of, 5SO. 



MUNZINGER, WERNER. An African explorer, 528 ; biographi- 

 cal sketch of, 528. 



MURPHY, JAMES. Decease of, 573. 



MUSTAPHA FAZTL. A Turkish statesman, 528 ; biographical 

 sketch of, 528. 



Navy, United States. Number of vessels, 523 ; steam-ves- 

 sels, 529 ; iron-clads, 529 ; appropriations, 529 ; torpedo- 

 school, 529 ; enlistment of boys, 529 ; expeditions to sur- 

 vey route for a canal across the Isthmus, 529 ; results, 

 530 ; estimated cost, 530. 



Nebraska. The Legislature, 530; election of Senator, 530; 

 a Constitutional Convention called, 530 ; relief bonds is- 

 sued, 530; acts passed, 530; convention assembles, 530 ; 

 organization, 530 ; chief provisions of the new constitu- 

 tion, 531 ; Democratic Convention, 532 ; nominations and 

 resolutions, 532; Eepublican Convention and nomina- 

 tions, 532 ; result of the election, 532; debt of the State, 

 532 ; resources, 533 ; schools, 583 ; crops, 533 ; devasta- 

 tion of locusts, 533; census returns, 538. 



Netherlands. Sovereign, 533 ; population, 533 ; religious di- 

 visions, 533 ; colonies, 534 ; population of cities, 534 ; edu- 

 cation, 534; budget, 534; debt, 535; army and navy, 

 535 ; imports and exports, 535 ; elections, 536 ; opening 

 of the States-General, 536; speech of the King, 536; the 

 war in Acheen, 636 ; difficulty with Venezuela, 536 ; uni- 



versity celebration, 537 ; International Law Conference, 

 537 ; draining of the Zuyder Zee, 537. 



Nevada. Results of the census, 588 ; State officers, 588 ; the 

 mining region, 538; consolidated mines, 583; composi- 

 tion of the ore-mass, 589 ; probable production of the 

 Coinstock lode, 589 ; mining stock, 539. 



New Brunswick. Population and area, 539 ; executive offi- 

 cers, 539; Treasury, 540; public schools, 540; yield of 

 the fisheries, 540. 



Newfoundland. Situation, 540; area and population, 540; 

 population by districts, 541 ; interior, 541 ; climate, 541 ; 

 crops, 542 ; fisheries, 642 ; number and tonnage of ves- 

 sels, 642; exports, 542; commerce, 542; election dis- 

 tricts, 542; revenue, 542; post-office, 548; schools, 543; 

 St. John's, 548 ; situation, trade, etc., 548. 



New Hampshire. Democratic Convention, 548 ; nomina- 

 tions and resolutions, 543; Eepublican Convention, 544 ; 

 nominations and resolutions, 544; State Temperance 

 Union, 545 ; resolutions, 645 ; Woman's Temperance 

 League, 545; Prohibition party, 545; resolutions, 546; 

 nominations, 546 ; results of the election, 546 ; count by 

 Governor and Council, 546; votes rejected, 546; organi- 

 zation of the Legislature, 646; withdrawal of Senators, 

 647 ; new body organized, 547 ; protests, 547 ; questions 

 submitted to the Supreme Court, 647 ; decision of the 

 court, 548 ; resolutions of the House, 648 ; election of 

 State officers, 549; debt, 649; revenue, 649; savings- 

 banks, 549; charitable institutions, 549; State-prison, 

 649; question of a Constitutional Convention, 560; cli- 

 mate, 550. 



New Jersey. Session of the Legislature, 550 ; constitutional 

 amendments sanctioned, 560, 651 ; opposition to the 

 amendments, 551 ; ratified, 551 ; results of the State elec- 

 tion, 652 ; details of the census, 652 ; population of cities, 

 552 ; valuation of property, 652 ; revenue and disburse- 

 ments, 553; taxable property, 663; bonded debt, 553; 

 defaulting State Treasurer, 658; Insane Asylum, 654; 

 railroad suit, 664 ; turnip-seed case before the Court of 

 Appeals, 654. 



New Jerusalem Church. General Conference, 654 ; a memo- 

 rial, 664; German Missionary Union, 554; Publication 

 Society, 554. 



NEW, JOHN C. Appointed U. S. Treasurer, 768. 



NEWTON, BENJAMIN B. Decease of, 571. 



New York. Legislature, 655; election of Senator, 655; im- 

 portant acts passed, 555 ; investigations ordered, 556 ; 

 question of canal management, 556 ; message of the Gov- 

 ernor, 556 ; method of making contracts, 657 ; frauds, 

 how committed, 557; Legislative Committee, report of, 

 557 ; Commissioners of Investigation, 558 ; reports o 

 558 ; State Auditor, 668 ; his proceedings, 558 ; action on, 

 569 ; income and expenses, of the canals, 659; compara- 

 tive statement, 660 ; work to be done, 560 ; length of rail- 

 road and water lines, 560; debts of the State, 560; tax 

 levy, 561; appropriations, 661; debt of counties, 561; 

 banks, 561 ; insurance companies, 561 ; State Capitol, 561 ; 

 State-prisons, 561 ; common-school statistics, 562 ; Re- 

 publican Convention, 562 ; nominations and resolutions, 

 562 ; Democratic Convention, 562 ; nominations and reso- 

 lutions, 562 ; Liberal Republican Convention, 563 ; reso- 

 lutions, 563 ; results of the election, 564 ; Secretary of 

 State, 564 ; Commission of Appeals, 564 ; decision rela- 

 tive to a colored pupil in school, 564 ; decision in case of 

 arrest for contempt of court, 565 ; decision in the Tweed 

 case, 565; State census, 566; voters, 566. 



NIBLACK, WILLIAM E. Representative from Indiana, 188 ; 

 on the civil-rights bill, 157. 



NOLAN, SAMUEL B. B. Decease of; 579. 



North Carolina. Action of the Legislature, 566: usury law, 

 566 ; act to commute, compromise, and settle the State 



